Barça hammers Betis without Messi but with its left-footed talents (5-2)

Javier de Gea

Published:25/08/2019 - 23:04h

Updated:26/08/2019 - 00:24h

FC Barcelona arrived in need to its duel against Real Betis, and although there was a shock, it resolved it with conviction. Messi was not ready but there were all its left-footed players, that led a comeback with goals of Griezmann, Carles Pérez and Jordi Alba to cancel the goal of Fekir. Arturo Vidal and Loren scored too

The FC Barcelona needed to win for no descolgarse in LaLiga, and knew to work under pressure to obtain a very deserved victory. The Real Betis advanced first thanks to a 'picotazo' of Nabil Fekir, but the Catalans continued insisting and his effort left prize. Antoine Griezmann equalised before the rest and put to his in advantage despues, so that Carles Pérez and Jordi Alba added to a party in which there was only goals of left-handed. Arturo Vidal and Loren closed the marker with both derechazos to the square.

The culés learnt of his trip in Saint Mamés, and jumped to the lawn of the Camp Nou with win to eat to his rivals. In each balloon divided and in the pressure after loss bit to recover the spherical, what caused that the Andalusians were mere viewers of his attacks in the first compasses of the clash, in which little pudiero do more than defending .

The ones of house supported in Rafinha Alcántara and in his trident of left-handed to forget to Leo Messi, and soon accumulated dangerous occasions. Carles Pérez left only to Frenkie of Jong in the penalty spot and east controlled when it had it everything to shoot, and shortly after that they stole him the leather, Griezmann launched a shot poisoned that went out by little after touching in Sidnei. It repeated the one of Macon with a toneless attempt and centred, before it jumped the surprise in the City Condal.

In his first opportunity, the heliopolitanos atinaron in one against lethal of Nabil Fekir. Sergio Busquets failed a pass in the centre of the field -although afterwards resarció inflating to steal balloons- and Sergio Channels mounted the offensive, that accelerated Loren to leave only to the lionés. This advanced metres and did not leave intimidate by Gerard Hammered, and defined with a zurdazo crossed to surpass to Marc-André ter Stegen.

The guion did not change after the target visitor, because the Barcelona continued dominating. They looked for roads of water in the defence bética and put fear to basic combinations in speed, but by moments did not attain to test to the cancerbero. Rafinha Attained it after the classical confined of Jordi Alba, but with Dani Martín already defeated, appeared Sidnei again in extremis to force a kickoff of corner.

In the arreón final of the venues arrived the first so much of Griezmann, that took out a spine in a party to frame. This time showed much more active and integrated the Frenchman, that took advantage of a played launched of his to finish a pass hammered of Sergi Roberto. There was suspense because it struck with the blackhead and the goalkeeper touched before the leather rebasara the line of put, but at the end there was celebration of the terracing.

The left-handed lead to the Barça in the Camp Nou

It did not brake the Barça after the go through changing room, and in his exit in a torrent sentenced the crash. Three goals in ten minutes sufficed not to happen difficulties and so that the Estadi enjoyed with the golazos that were for coming, and with a Masia reverdecida with Carles Pérez and with Ansu Fati, that turned into the second debutante younger in all the history of the club. And it did it leaving details of quality and remaining ready to annotate.

Griezmann Left clear very soon that is had to be determinant, and put to the Catalans in advantage. If it is not Leo Messi, the right has to be his band, because has the ideal profile to show to goal and finish, as it did in the played of the 2-1. It remained in the balcony of the area, stepped and launched a shot with thread in front of which could not answer the archer, to the that touched him take out the balloon of the meshes.

Shortly after a special celebration, the thrilled Carles Pérez premièred with the first team, in a second half in which it noticed him something anxious for marking. Another left-handed and another confined from the right, with a diagonal in which it resisted the pressure of his mark to plant with a finish soft and raso the 3-1 in the electronic.

Still there was time for more, and is that Jordi Alba also wanted to say his. The enésimo theft advanced of Busquets turned into a pass of gold for the left side, that advanced metres, look for to Messi, and as it did not see him opted for kicking to goal, with an attempt bitten that certified that this traced back went to finish with three points in the zurrón.

After the festival of left-handed appeared two derechazos to the square, work of Arturo Vidal and Loren and practically followed. It had raised the Barça the foot of the accelerator and took advantage of it to breathe the Betis, although first it carried another reverse of the Chilean and afterwards applauded with affection a zapatazo from the distance of the malagueño, that put the brooch of gold to a duel of a lot of carats.

Between chispazos of quality and illusion passed the last minutes, adorned for a champion that already knows that it is to win in LaLiga. It remains a lot of work for revalidate the title, but this time the debuts of Carles Pérez, Ansu Fati or Junior Firpo, that had some minutes in front of which went his club, separated all the demas. First victory and triumph for the hope in the Camp Nou.